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not waste it. He talks on a host of subjects, and any regular and consistent reader of Hansardis astounded at the breadth of his knowledge, the scope of his interests. There is literally no sub-_ ject he cannot discuss-and discuss fluently, in-

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THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 1938

W/esleru Plowing Match

It. is regrettable that the efforts made to re- vivethc Ul~l time plowing match in this Province

Prairies, says

Throughout the an exchange,

such

matches lift‘ itcitlier new iior uncommon: and an interesting ilrstTlpllOll. is given of a match lteld recently by the farmers of the Selkirk district,

Manitoba.

Some twenty contestants

engaged in

the match. individually plowing measured and adjoining half-acre or two-acre plots in a hun-

tired-acre ficld.

were instituted sixty years ago. come down from the days when the pioneers cleared the old river lots of the Red River set- tlements, and are held in alternate years on the east and west sides of the River, so that partial- ity may not be suspected between neighboring

municipalities.

These Selkirk plowing matches

They have

The match on the east side this year was organized by the St_ Andrew's Agricul-

“ulti turril Society, and was attended by some 800 per- ‘ sons. Good eating for the competing plowmen and their attendant admirers was provided. I A Horse-shoe pitching contests went on concur- > 3:: rently with the ploiviug match. _ l use. Tradition survived where conditions changed. i >5 Alt least one bcztrdcd and immense son of the i] ,{ pioneers rctziinod in his descent memory of when i. will neighbors drove in buggies and waggons to the i" we; Plowing Matches, and were thought to be get- ting ahead when they discarded Red Rivet carts the and stone boats. Only one buggy and one wag- gg ‘gon stood tinliitchcd at this year's Match. ,The c111. two scarred vehicles stood mutely though hon- felx"! pured among hundreds of shiny automobiles. ah Change had overtaken the plowing itself. Five

jnen competed behind walking-plows, but fifteen drove the tractors that, in low, pulled the threa- jnd four-bottomed gang plows which turned the prairie earth zit from two to three miles an hour- A few pails of oats and a few bundles of hay Ifed the teams of horses with glossy coats, but a eapzicious motor-tender was needed to feed gaso- line to the tractors. 4

Mostly oldcr men most skilfully followed the

The younger order

Millklllg-plfiwfi and a younger generation en- gineered the plowing by tractors. The older or- tier did the harder work and showed the greater ‘skill, for its plowmcn not only handled their plows but had to guide teams wobbling in and out of furrows. Iittractivc because it can set its course and lct

is not less

the tractor do most of the work. Its young men

Ire vibrant and kccn.

they sct on their respective tractors. hardy young agricultural workers the dust of the

Soil is smeared in oil. lcrest, to feel that fascination of the human cle- ment in toil with Nature, the audiences radiat- bd most often in the part of the field where the i bvalking-ploivs competed.

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They are tanned to the bone and intelligently enthuse over the values

On these

porting iii-

Mr. Hungerford's Submission

re advanced on Wednesday by Prc

e Fiuiigcrfortl of the C.N.R. before railway committee.

1r it

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its opcrzitiug

f Strong arguments against the campaign for unification of Canada's two big railway systems

sidcnt S. j. the Scuaie

Mr. llungcrford pointed but that it is incorrect to assunic that the income kleticits of the Canadian National arise out of the operation of the property. the property has a very grczit earning capacity under normal traffic Conditions. year 1icriod, 1923-1037 iitcltisiv revenues exceeded $361,346,610 or an ztvcrtigc

(lu the contrary,

or ll‘: s operating

i5-

cxpciisrs by of $24,090,000 p0?

~ anrium. Even in thr- yt-iirs of dcprcsscrl carn-

' h1g4, 1032 ti. l‘l_',f inclitsivr. the system cnrncd

\ $71,51\7,ivoo in mrcss of its operating expenses, an ?l\'(‘l‘.'1_'_f(' mi ISIlJLISJlOO pcr nnnttm. ln tlic

'. fivc most pro~ii<~riiii< vt-nrs. 1025-1921’). tlic prop-

: crty i-nrin-d i *:_:__'S7,0o0 over its operating

‘ Pxpciist-s", zm .'|\l _ c of $45,057,000 per annuni.

Tlwsc ll'_'lll‘t‘.\ rvhitc to the all-inclusive-~systeiii.

The deficits. it is l‘.‘(]vlillll(‘fl, arise not front the operations but from thc heavy burdctt of interest charges;

\\'ith regard to the asserted economies from

The coimtrv

tmiliczition or zinialgzimation, it is Mr. Hunger- lord's export opinion that they arr‘ largely iiii- Rziilivay savings pitrcltascd at the expense of tho dcvcloptnctlt of Canada and of a wide (ll\’llll‘l"lll(‘(‘ in the already disturbed labor and inzitrrinl lll'll'l\'ClS of the country would be ton (l("ll'l_\' obtriincil. being bcttcr off would be worsc 0H. Yet it is

instead o

only t0 the extent that :1 program of drastic reduction in cxiwnscs could be achieved that the country would be warranted in inviting the

" i ,pc,rils of ttioiiopnly.

;~ , Tnstrnd. .\lr_ Hunger-ford favors a supervisory '. s tribunal with pnwvrs to mmpel era-operation be- 35! tween tliotwr. roads. There is nn doubt that i, his Vltws‘ on this subject merit. and will receive, ' fffngf the most riircfnl consideration of Parliament. h, p __ i- “f""*=‘i A Many-Sided Intellect

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"9' l“ Once when ‘fr. R. B. Bennett was Prime

uifl-‘t-i- flfifi

iwr". “n.

Jlbolllllm to (firms conditions in the ’ preerttletl f"'.'ll' case. Mr. Bennett suroris- ftlisrfrbvvwinq them a serious and enlighten- _ o" "M. nvdinq of wine-which he does inelrk-nt, nys the Ottawa Journal. hi ilientlu-r (lav when someone in the‘

s41» il"'f"'l!flflfl of ivine makers waited

Minister

ir industry.

telligently. He knows more about the detail of departments than some ministers. His marvellous brain teems with facts neatly arranged and in- stantly available. Heiis persuasive in defence and devastating in criticism-because he knows his case, presents it with incisive logic andbacks it with information. Checking Hansard for three ordinary House days, the journal finds that over that period Mr. Bennett spoke at some length on these subjects: The municipal loans bill, the determination of market values for the imposition of dumping duties, Mr. Gardinefs remarks in the Saskatche- wan election, the transport bill, the copyright act amendments, the matter of oil leases and mineral rights on Indian lands, the Defence De- partment's coal contract at Kingston,.the delivery of seed wheat_in Saskatchewan, Turner Valley oil, and Canadian paintings in the National Gal- lery. In addition there were many brief, pertin- ent observations, questions in the passing of esti- mates. This was by no means an exceptional performance; such is the contribution of Mr. Bennett to Parliament week after week and month after month, and no one can doubt that it is a contribution of national value because Mr. Bennett throws light upon every subject that comes within his sweeping powers. And the Leader of the Opposition is inde- fatigable in his attendance. He does not know now any more than when he was Prime Min- ister, except by report, the eight-hour dav 0r lllt‘ forty-hour week. When the House had to ad- journ on Thursday evening for lack 0f a quorum there were-seventeen members pre5ent-_and one of the seventeen was Mr. Bennett. He listens and reads and studies, and that is his life. It is a life of extraordinary benefit to this coun- try. Mr_ _Bennett, in fact, deserves that much- abused adjective, "unique.' There is no other

of his kind. ‘ Zr. Editorial Notes I Corpus Christi, ' i i i i i U

Marlborough died this date, 1722. U i ll $

The grocers Wednesday half-holiday has start- ed for the season. a u u a- _ Tourists are already in our midst, judging by the car markers in evidence III Ill Ill Ill

Interest in the Home Improvement Plan should be stimulated by the feature page of ad- vertisements in today’s issue. l i i‘ ll! Canada's War Memorial, which will be plac- ed on the Central Plaza in Ottawa, where the old Post Office is now being demolished, will not be erected until some time next year. Work on enlarging and improving the Plaza will be com- pleted this year. * i U

The French Chamber of Deputies have voted $886,400 to entertain King George VI and Queen Elizabeth on the occasion of their visit begin- ning June 28. Originally only $221,600 was voted, but in order to itiake the reception mem- orable an additional $664,800 was voted.

Ill Ill Ill

Lloyd George's vitriolic intervention on behalf of the Labour candidate in the Stafford by-clec- tion did not seem to help the Labour cause. The Government vote went up and the opposition vote down. As a statesman Mr_ George is evi- dently a spent force, though he may yet be call- ed upon as an orator at a crisis to rouse a spirit of enthusiastic patriotism as he did in 1916-17. i: w n- n-

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The Commonwealth loan of £0,250,000 was over-subscribed by £128,000. Federal Treasurer Casey described the result as excellent and ex- pressed satisfaction that it wll not be necessary to call upon underwriters. The actual number of subscribers over 10,000 was the largest for any loan in the last six years. Of the total rais- ed. £4,000,000 will be used for defence and the balance of the loan for works and farm debt re- licf purposes a n- v a Every place seems to be getting government orders save and except Charlottetown, Summer- sidc and other Island towns. Tcn thousand gas masks for the Canadian .\rmy will be assemb- led this year at the arscntil in Quebec City. The various parts of the gas tnask are obtained from factories in different sections of Canada and the finished product will be produced at Quebec. The masks will be tested thcrc by the chief in- spector of arms and ammunitious. Thcy could equally well be assembled at llrucc Stewarts. i 1 1i A‘ Preparations are under way for the great Boy Scout Jamboree and Rover Moot at Camp Buchan, Mt. Buchanan, on July ist, 2nd and 3rd. Chief Executive Commissioner J. A. Stiles, ().B.E., M.Sc., Ottawa, will be in attendance, Premier Campbell will preside and Lieutenant- Govcrnor DeBlois will formally hand over the Camp, which he has provided, to the custody of Iixccutive Commissioner Stiles and Provincial President L. D. Murray 0n behalf of the Boy Scouts Movement. About 45o Scouts and Rovers are expected to be under canvas for the three days. _ _ - _v m

In comparison with the situation in the Unit- ed States, business in Canada has been main- tained at a relatively satisfactory level, comments the current monthly letter of the Royal Bank of Canada. Moreover, it adds. in a number of im- portant branches of Canadian industry, there is evidence of the beginning of a recoveryl Gold production in Canada is approaching a level five times that of i929 and copper production is more than twice thepaverage monthly volume of 192g. Employment remains well above the correspond- ing months of last year. While the total volume of building is down, residential building is on a par with last year, and in some parts of the

country is going ahead. in March, the latest

month for which figure: are available, many branches of retail trade were about sen. per ceiit

ahead of last year. Thetouriat mule alsoehows preliialauyliinaaeflfifllfl.

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The men who {to-whaling in the iiouuielu Arctic seas upturn-my use

South Africa irom the Antarctn are all summit and nanny. Perhaps ti was because they win receive be- tween mem 8.120.000 in wiles. ‘fit miBht seem a lot." said one Nor- Wexlan runner. “bin that must last ye until theendoftheueiitseason. rne Norwegian members of Jihe

Onsho jobs til t ."- re Eunun neat season

Hobbies are reputed to be good for people. and some individuals have shown unbelievable oerslstenoy in pursuit of melt- favorite sideline. Among the latter is Huizh Russell, or Montreal. '19 years ot axe. who has spent 23 yes-rs m m 3 hand-Written eouv of the Bible and is sendimt the bound volume 0.1.03‘! pages. 10% JIChQS long by 10 menu wide, to the exhibit in the Cana. dlan Pavilion at the Empire Ex- hlb.tlon at Glasgow. Scotland. It is the only manuscript copy o1 the Bible in exsstence all written by one hand. The completed volume is 3%

, hs unds.

e pages a edged. On the front title the signature of the Duke of nd- 501". who wrote it there in 1919 when he vzsttied Montreal as the Prince of wlil$.—-W0Od8l’DCk Senti- nel-Revlew.

els

All power to Mr. Justice Mllrllhy for his remarks when an outouist or handclapolng greeted Lie announcement o1 mgygydicg m a case before the Spring slttmg o! he Court of Asslze. Mr. Justice MWVhY bmllllhl the applause quickly to an end when he said; _Y0u ought no be ashamed of your- selves. Ihls ls not the way we .10 in Canada. We administer jug- tlce-not. mob law. He is so per- wctlv right that comment, is super.- fluous. And it is to be hoped that 8-11 who heard his remarks-and all who read them-will remember that a courtroom is not a. play-house _ that. the central flgurw are not act. Ors. that personal feelings should not-must not-enter into the m- ministration of hilustice, otherwise "l9 b!“ 119011 w d1 law and order ail-is will be rlvem-Kamloops e .

0111! a limit proportion, in. my be, o! the Jews who would desire to escape from the misery, the mean. ness. and the brutalitles of Europe can 110 to Palestine. But many the vounz can go, _ - 1i within reasonable tune a Jewish state is set. up with boundaries ma; are tolerable for defence and gen- erous 1n extent. Even so. no Poles. tine that is conceivable in the near tuture can solve the problem o: JEWISH misery which Europe 15 de. llbetntely creating. ‘Ihat requires a, lfgllfélemggiogi tgthaecr epuntries wits: we» tnmiinim , H.110 this they will do so long as they fear that the Jewish settlers will merely increase the populations g them towns. But the question ‘is filers. no» to be evaded, and it is be hoped that at the conting m- ternatlonal conference on ietugees the United States will raise it thor- Olltlhly. For the Jewish problem has lfieeg Clap-led by us nlnli and with 11$ a e res nab l F-Mm- onester Guardian. p0 y

The annual meetmg of the m‘- _r1c Sites and monuments Board 0t Canada. held in Ottawa recemly, brings into Drominence once again the WWF (16116 by this organizaion. Cansdas story has not been a. pros- ale one. and the chapters are punc- rusted by events of the most stti-r. in: kind. The sees m it ma; these events do not. fade out of Lne

ye tn egfiiiitmbswll”ffi.é’é“°iffiz. "£253 than ordnary _ have been ex- plmlncd by the board: 256 of them ave been labelled’ “ ctsive" 9v. ents. and have been oommemomtgd by a tablet oi monument. Several will!“ have been established. 1907. 18 sites were marked throne out the Domlniom ‘lhere are still about a. hundred sites wor. thy of such recognition This work Ls carried on quietly and unob- trusively. but it ls none the less im- portant. It is for therlslng Renerations to ow about the who and brave deeds of the men and Mme" who 111W‘! zone before. ‘The

resent is built iiortiie tmaitionsuptii“ iii?“ m’ $3 9518M are kept in memo , ca..-

ads“ fut tier apastif-“wiiinnipga fisfihiil: l“

I 5MP"! "W solutions and y; Dleasant. ones. Only very 0mm? ally will it. be DOSSlbIE to put, m itx:r'..2::':.z"“s.h*=u* m“

anc all together at one moment. 1 do fitgf think France and New Zealand have hit. that occasion. I suspect good bar sins between nations or “HES-t ey are usually boomer. 81132:». In a lasung g5 p0,}. an]? 8B1" eqlmlly- 1 suspect any 91115"? Dersonal interest. For eve" I Bill-Dense held near the eye will blot out, the 3am; o; 5115mm; I suspect any solution that does not stand an ethical test. The sermon on the Mount is perhaps too fine g sieve tor today, but the decalcgue is £123.‘. 52.52%‘ i‘.‘2.é“°".’“€.l‘...."°"~ no wn in standard. Do not ‘think that education weans you from the spiri- Wll 15W. elmer. I suspect any solu- l~l°fl 111 which one rector is modi- ilod and the others am all aalumed to remain same. OnLv in Wall street booms is each man a million- aire if he sells out. on the assump- tlon that none of the others do so ~ .t~.."r~ ..* ‘ me o ge g worlds at. the price o1 one. peat ev solution that carries over nothing rom the pant, just as I suspect every one that mere snug- gilr down in the 01d way. Jos- Stamp.

News that farmers in the vlelrilty

last year-to lifllnly the pea can- al; alilrstmvn.

of Maw mnbTlfaietarl-hlelid been u an expgrelmena five u: are ant- ed or eannlnlorl a re-

formers district find

“f!” "“’ w " °‘ “‘..%m‘£'.3¥.-.°‘i.'$‘;‘2 has returned to Durban,"

public memory. During u... mi, m keerln

wages. vlc

PREVENTING CHILDREN FROM

BECOMING IDIOTS

The saddest: sight in life is not the adult who is confined in a mental, hospital because, of ever. ten that enter. permit! stx may come out cured. ‘These mental pat- ients have their complete develop- ment mental and physical, and have lived for years a normal life.

The saddest sight is that of the little child who has not, nor will

physical equipment. He is doom- ed at birth to a life where every- thing must be done for_ him and as he gets to be

the c115?”

from him. H

or no thyroid juice is being manu- factured. ‘He lean idiot. Fortunately research workers have been experimenting on these children who have little or no thy- roid gland, and have found that just as the removal of all or a greater part oi’ the thyroid gland will slow up these overactive (mental and physical) thyroid or gottre patients, so will the use of thyroid extract in these slow or

non-developing children cause giheiz; to develop mentally and Ya

cally.

Unfortunately this condition - lack of a thyroid gland-cannot usually be discovered until the child is slx months to a year old and sometimes the youngster may be two or three years old before the condition is discovered. The earlier the treatment is given, the sooner the child begins to catch u or approach his normal menta and physical development.

In the Medical Press, Paris. Dr. R. Le Fort reports the history of a. child who, in 1025 at the e of 2 l-2 years. showed the symp ms of idiocy due to lack of thyroid juice or extract. There was ap- parently a complete absence of the thyroid gland. A part of a. human thyroid gland taken from the neck of a man who had been suddenly killed was immediately trans- IR-HM into the abdominal muscle of the child. Four days after the operation the child had lost much of his useless fat and the express- ion on its face was izreatly chann- ed. The teeth which were much behind in developing beiran to zrow ranidl" and its intelligence improved. The child continued to improve although not so rapidly so that at the age of l4 it had the mental and physical development of s. child of 9. However it is still imnrovinir showlniz that the thy- roid graft is still manufacturing juice.

The lesson for parents is not to hesitate tn sneak to their physic- ian if their child seems heavy. slow. and not. u bright as they think it should be.

Trifling With Trifles (GIObe and Mall)

nofthospeclalcotnnwris tee onelecwral reforms for t-sseeiet

public “I. Q." tamer low. It rates the character the platforms and the quality o

e them still l

cast an old one. It has existed for the amount of evidence

four ho etzweentheclminqofth i: in the Mai-fumes and at Lb:

iffc .t.hreehoum0vera ofthePi-auleswhat

NW

percentage of the electorate in these

areas delays voting until can blows off